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    CVE-2014-8737

    Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU binutils 2.24 and earlier allow local users to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to (1) strip or (2) objcopy or create arbitrary files via (3) a .. (dot dot) or full path name in an archive to ar.

    Published:Nov 4, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Dec 9, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00073
    CVSS Score:3.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Binutils
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552
    https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145256.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145352.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145746.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147346.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147354.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148427.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148438.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62241
    http://secunia.com/advisories/62746
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/13/1
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70908
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1162655
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-24
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17533
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17552
    https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git%3Bh=dd9b91de2149ee81d47f708e7b0bbf57da10ad42

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
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